Schedule for Wednesday 9 December 2015

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12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

Disc 1
SCRIABIN: The Poem of Ecstasy; Symphony No 2 in C minor Op 29 - BBC Phil/Vassily Sinaisky (BBC Music BBC MM 218)
1:15 approx - Disc 2
WIDOR: Toccata, from Symphony No 5 in F minor; HARWOOD: Sonata No 1 in C# minor; PARRY: Chorale Prelude; STATHAM: Rhapsody on a Ground; WALFORD DAVIES: Solemn Melody; ELGAR arr Gower: Enigma Variations, Nimrod; MENDELSSOHN: Organ Sonata in A Op 65/3 (1); MENDELSSOHN arr Best: War March of the Priests; SUMSION: Ceremonial March - Robert Costin (organ of the Wellington Town Hall) (Kiwi Pacific CD TRL 076)
2:25 approx - Disc 3
BIBER: Missa Salisburensis; Sonata tam aris quam aulis servientes; Sonata No 12 & No 5; Sancti Polycarpi; Plaudite tympana - Gabrieli Consort & Players, Musica Antiqua Cologne/Paul McCreesh (Archiv 471 632)
3:35 approx - Disc 4
HAYDN: Trios, No 40 in F# minor, Op 73/3; No 37 in D, Op 71/3; No 36 in Eb Op 71/2 - Jérome Hantaï (fpno), Philippe Couvert (vln), Alix Verzier (cello) (Naïve E 8811)
4:50 approx - Disc 5
Stokowski Orchestral Transcriptions
BACH: Toccata & Fugue in D minor; Prelude in Eb minor; Geistliches Lied, Mein Jesu; Chorale Prelude, Wir glauben all' an einen Gott; Chorale from Easter Cantata; Passacaglia & Fugue in C minor; BYRD: Pavan, The Earl of Salisbury & Galliard; CLARKE: Trumpet Voluntary; SCHUBERT: Moments musicaux, No 3 in F minor; CHOPIN: Mazurka in A minor Op 17/4; TCHAIKOVSKY: Chant sans paroles; DUPARC: Extase; RACHMANINOV: Prelude in C# minor Op 3/2 - Czech Phil, London SO/Leopold Stokowski (London 448 946)
6:00 AM. Classic Morning with Rick Young

6:00 RIDOUT: Fall Fair - Edmonton SO/Uri Mayer (CBC SMCD 5069)

CHOPIN: Prelude in Db Op 28/15, Raindrop - Vladimir Ashkenazy (pno) (Decca 417 751)

MOZART: First movement, Allegro, from Eine kleine Nachtmusik - English Concert/Andrew Manze (dir) (Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7280)

GAUBERT: Divertissement Grec - Bridget Douglas (fl), Rachel Thomson (pno) (Trust MMT 2039)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Waltz of the Flowers, from The Nutcracker - Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan (DG 410 873)

TRAD arr Owens: The high mountains; Little red lark; Smash the windows - Carolyn Mills (harp) (Atoll ACD 602)

JOPLIN: The Entertainer; The Cascades - Morten Gunnar Larsen (pno) (Decca 460 499)

7:00 RUTTER: Donkey Carol - Polyphony, City of London Sinfonia/Stephen Layton (Hyperion CDA 67245)

RACHMANINOV: Waltz, from Six Pieces Op 11 - Hecht & Shapiro (pno duo) (Azica ACD 1201)

COPLAND: Quiet City - Philip Smith (tpt), Thomas Stacy (cor anglais), New York Phil/Leonard Bernstein (DG 419 170)

SALIERI: Trio in C - Ensemble Italiano di Fiati (Brilliant Classics 93360)

KHACHATURIAN: Adagio of Spartacus & Phrygia, from Spartacus - Royal Phil/Yuri Temirkanov (EMI CDC 7 47348)

BEETHOVEN: Romance No 1 in G Op 40 - Gidon Kremer (vln), CO of Europe/Nikolaus Harnoncourt (Teldec 9031 74881)

8:00 Beauty Spot: SCHMIDT: Notre Dame, Act 1, Interlude - Malmö SO/Vassily Sinaisky (Naxos 8.570828)

VIVALDI: Oboe Concerto in D minor RV454 - Anthony Robson (ob), Orch of the Age of Enlightenment (Linn CKD 151)

BACH arr Busoni: Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland - Claudius Tanski (pno) (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 312 1323)

SVENDSEN: Two Swedish Folk Tunes - Gothenburg SO/Neeme Järvi (BIS CD 347)

GRAINGER: The Lads of Wamphray March - Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orch/Clark Rundell (Chandos CHAN 9549)

SAINT-SAËNS: Danse macabre - Malcolm Stewart (vln), Toulouse Capitole Orch/Michel Plasson (EMI CDC 5 55385)

9:00 Composer of the Week

JOHANN NEPOMUK HUMMEL (1778-1837)

Adagio, Variations & Rondo in A Op 78 - Minka Eckart Haupt (fl), Arkadi Zenziper (pno), Götz Teutsch (cello) (Capriccio 10 398)

Air à la tirolienne avec variations - Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo), Maria Goldschmidt (fl), Robert Pickup (cl), La Scintilla Orch/Adam Fischer (Decca 475 9077)

Piano Sonata No 5 in F# minor Op 81 - Stephen Hough (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67390)
6:00 AM. Classic Morning with Rick Young

6:00 RIDOUT: Fall Fair - Edmonton SO/Uri Mayer (CBC SMCD 5069)
CHOPIN: Prelude in Db Op 28/15, Raindrop - Vladimir Ashkenazy (pno) (Decca 417 751)
MOZART: First movement, Allegro, from Eine kleine Nachtmusik - English Concert/Andrew Manze (dir) (Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7280)
GAUBERT: Divertissement Grec - Bridget Douglas (fl), Rachel Thomson (pno) (Trust MMT 2039)
TCHAIKOVSKY: Waltz of the Flowers, from The Nutcracker - Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan (DG 410 873)
TRAD arr Owens: The high mountains; Little red lark; Smash the windows - Carolyn Mills (harp) (Atoll ACD 602)
JOPLIN: The Entertainer; The Cascades - Morten Gunnar Larsen (pno) (Decca 460 499)
7:00 RUTTER: Donkey Carol - Polyphony, City of London Sinfonia/Stephen Layton (Hyperion CDA 67245)
RACHMANINOV: Waltz, from Six Pieces Op 11 - Hecht & Shapiro (pno duo) (Azica ACD 1201)
COPLAND: Quiet City - Philip Smith (tpt), Thomas Stacy (cor anglais), New York Phil/Leonard Bernstein (DG 419 170)
SALIERI: Trio in C - Ensemble Italiano di Fiati (Brilliant Classics 93360)
KHACHATURIAN: Adagio of Spartacus & Phrygia, from Spartacus - Royal Phil/Yuri Temirkanov (EMI CDC 7 47348)
BEETHOVEN: Romance No 1 in G Op 40 - Gidon Kremer (vln), CO of Europe/Nikolaus Harnoncourt (Teldec 9031 74881)
8:00 Beauty Spot: SCHMIDT: Notre Dame, Act 1, Interlude - Malmö SO/Vassily Sinaisky (Naxos 8.570828)
VIVALDI: Oboe Concerto in D minor RV454 - Anthony Robson (ob), Orch of the Age of Enlightenment (Linn CKD 151)
BACH arr Busoni: Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland - Claudius Tanski (pno) (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 312 1323)
SVENDSEN: Two Swedish Folk Tunes - Gothenburg SO/Neeme Järvi (BIS CD 347)
GRAINGER: The Lads of Wamphray March - Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orch/Clark Rundell (Chandos CHAN 9549)
SAINT-SAËNS: Danse macabre - Malcolm Stewart (vln), Toulouse Capitole Orch/Michel Plasson (EMI CDC 5 55385)
9:00 Composer of the Week
JOHANN NEPOMUK HUMMEL (1778-1837)
10:00 AM. Weekday Classics with Clarissa Dunn

LISZT arr Busoni: Mephisto Waltz No 1 - Andrew Zolinsky (pno) (Guild GMCD 7189)
ELGAR: Symphony No 1 in Ab Op 55 - London SO/Colin Davis (LSO Live LSO 0017)
BRAHMS: Piano Quartet No 1 in G minor Op 25 - Emanuel Ax (pno), Isaac Stern (vln), Jaime Laredo (vla), Yo-Yo Ma (cello) (Sony S2K 45846)
12:00 Recent Releases
HERZ: Grande fantaisie militaire sur La fille du régiment Op 163 - Howard Shelley (pno/dir), Tasmanian SO (Hyperion CDA 68100)
REINECKE arr anon: Trio in A minor Op 188 - Andre Schoch (tpt), Michael Massong (tbn), Friedrich Höricke (pno) (MDG 603 1912)
SCHUMANN trans Reine
10:00 AM. Weekday Classics with Clarissa Dunn

LISZT arr Busoni: Mephisto Waltz No 1 - Andrew Zolinsky (pno) (Guild GMCD 7189)
ELGAR: Symphony No 1 in Ab Op 55 - London SO/Colin Davis (LSO Live LSO 0017)
BRAHMS: Piano Quartet No 1 in G minor Op 25 - Emanuel Ax (pno), Isaac Stern (vln), Jaime Laredo (vla), Yo-Yo Ma (cello) (Sony S2K 45846)
12:00 Recent Releases
HERZ: Grande fantaisie militaire sur La fille du régiment Op 163 - Howard Shelley (pno/dir), Tasmanian SO (Hyperion CDA 68100)
REINECKE arr anon: Trio in A minor Op 188 - Andre Schoch (tpt), Michael Massong (tbn), Friedrich Höricke (pno) (MDG 603 1912)
SCHUMANN trans Reinecke: Manfred Overture Op 115 - Mariko Eckerle, Volker Eckerle (pno duet) (Naxos 8.572879)
1:00 Afternoon Requests
MOZART: Piano Concerto No 20 in D minor K466 - Alfred Brendel (pno), ASMF/Neville Marriner (Philips 420 906)
ADAMS: The Dharma at Big Sur - Tracy Silverman (electronic vln), BBC SO/John Adams (Nonesuch 7559 79857)
(Box 123, Wellington or concert@radionz.co.nz)
2:00 PM. Upbeat with Eva Radich

Music news & current affairs (RNZ)
3:00 PM. Classic Afternoons with David Morriss

CD Masters
Classic performances from the back catalogue
CPE BACH: String Symphony in C Wq182/3 - English Concert/Trevor Pinnock (hpschd/dir) (rec 1979) (Archiv 415 300)
BACH: Missa brevis in G minor BWV235 - Bogna Bartosz (contralto), Jörg Dürmüller (ten), Klaus Mertens (bass), Amsterdam Baroque Choir & Orch/Ton Koopman (rec 2004) (Challenge CC 72222)
CPE BACH: Keyboard Concerto in Eb Wq43/3 - Andreas Staier (hpschd), Freiburg Baroque Orch/Petra Müllejans (dir) (rec 2010) (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 2083.84)
4:00 Made in New Zealand
NZ performers and composers
A RITCHIE: Octopus - Amici Ensemble/Donald Armstrong (vln/dir) (Atoll ACD 112)
REGER: Variations & Fugue on a theme of Hiller Op 100 - New Zealand SO/Franz-Paul Decker (Naxos 8.553079)
5:00 J STRAUSS I: Radetzky March - Vienna Phil/Zubin Mehta (Sony SK 45808)
ROSSINI arr Heywood/English: Largo al factotum, from The Barber of Seville - Kemp English (organ of Dunedin Town Hall) (Manu CD MANU 5009)
SHOSTAKOVICH: Jazz Suite No 1 - CBSO/Mark Elder (Signum SIGCD 051)
TÁRREGA: Recuerdos de la Alhambra - Dejan Ivanovic (gtr) (Naxos 8.557038)
DVORÁK: Slavonic Dance in F Op 46/4 - Royal Phil/Antal Dorati (Decca 417 749)
MOZART: Divertimento in Eb K252 - Scottish CO Wind Soloists (Linn CKD 479)
6:00 FARQUHAR: Tango, from Ring Round the Moon - New Zealand SO/Kenneth Young (Continuum CCD 1073)
DEBUSSY orch Stokowski: Clair de lune, from Suite bergamasque - Quebec SO/Yoav Talmi (ATMA SACD 2 2377)
PUCCINI: Moon Chorus, Gira la cote, from Turandot - Vienna State Opera Chorus, Vienna Boys' Choir, Vienna Phil/Herbert von Karajan (DG 410 645)
MILLER arr Hayman: Moonlight Serenade - Thomas Martin (cl), Boston Pops Orch/Keith Lockhart (RCA 09026 68598)
BEETHOVEN: First movement, Adagio sostenuto, from Piano Sonata No 14 in C# minor, Moonlight - Maria João Pires (pno) (Erato 4509 94692)
BLODEK: Moonrise, from In the Well - Prague SO/Václav Smetácek (Supraphon 10 1429)
DVORÁK: Song to the moon, from Rusalka - Renée Fleming (sop), London SO/Georg Solti (Decca 478 4446)
FIELD: Nocturne No 7 in C - John O'Conor (pno) (Telarc CD 80290)
7:00 PM. Appointment

Jian Liu
Head of Piano at the New Zealand School of Music since 2011, Dr Jian Liu has an established international performing and teaching career. At the age of 12 Jian Liu was accepted into the prestigious Beijing Conservatory, then, when he was 15, he moved to the USA and started winning competitions.
With a special interest in chamber music he's in hot demand as an ensemble player and has formed the Te Kōkī Trio with his NZSM colleagues. Tonight Jian Liu talks with Kenneth Young about his life in music (RNZ)
8:00 PM. Music Alive

Euroradio Christmas Season
Five programmes
(2) Anonymous 4: Marsha Genensky, Susan Hellauer, Ruth Cunningham, Jacqueline Horner-Kwiatek
TRAD Plainsong: Que es ista; ANON Carol: Gabriel, fram heven-king; Ecce quod natura; ANON Motet: Mater Dei plena/Mater virgo pia/Eius; Hé mere Diu/La virge Marie/Apatatur; Marie assumptio/Huius chori suscipe; ANON Chanson: J'ai un cuer trop lait; ANON Conductus: Ave Maris stella; ANON Conductus-Motet: O Maria virgo/O Maria maris stella; O Maria virgo/O Maria maris stella; ANON: Virgen madre gloriosa; ANON Motet: Ave regina celorum/Alma redemptoris mater; ANON: Claustrum pudicicie/Virgo viget/Flos filius; Cherry Tree Carol; A virgin unspotted; KNAPP: A virgin unspotted; BILLINGS: Judea; Bethlehem; ANON arr Anonymous 4 Beautiful star of Bethlehem (recorded in Corpus Christi Church, New York City by United States Radio, New York)
9:00 PM. Instrumental Spain

FALLA arr Kochanski/Maréchal/Maisky: Suite populaire espagnole - Mischa Maisky (cello), Lily Maisky (pno) (DG 477 8100)
RAVEL: Rapsodie espagnole - Sergio Tiempo, Karin Lechner (pno duo) (EMI 7 231185)
SIVORI: Folies espagnoles Op 29 - Fulvio Luciani (vln), Massimiliano Motterle (pno) (Naxos 8.572484)
BERNERS: Fantaisie espagnole - Peter Lawson, Alan MacLean (pno duet) (Albany Troy 142)
10:00 PM. Day's End

JANÁCEK arr Breiner: The Cunning Little Vixen, Suite - Vesa-Matti Leppänen (vln), Bridget Douglas (fl), New Zealand SO/Peter Breiner (Naxos 8.570706)
SCHUMANN: Forest Scenes Op 82 - Claudio Arrau (pno) (Philips 420 871)
TUBIN: Symphony No 4, Lyrical - Estonian National SO/Arvo Volmer (Alba ABCD 155)
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Piano Quintet in C minor - Nash Ensemble (Hyperion CDA 67381/2)